Engine oil Castrol or Shell

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472

538

4.3

Engine noise

4.2

Exhaust smoke

4.0

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4.4

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351

4.5

Engine noise

4.3

Exhaust smoke

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Castrol › Engine oil

dkay170 26 Oct 2024, 17:28

Rating 5.0

Castrol gtx 20w50

Castrol › Engine oil

Rx7partsguy 26 Oct 2024, 05:13

Rating 5.0

I live in Oregon. I run 20w50 valvoline vr1 or Castrol GTX.

Castrol › Engine oil

Blaster1076 19 Oct 2024, 17:19

Engine noise:

Rating 5.0

ive used Castrol in all my cars ive owned, One being a Kia, and then two Hyundai Velosters (VT and my N), so Castrol Edge 5w30 is what mine gets

Pros: meets or exceeds SN Plus

Vehicle: Hyundai Veloster

Shell › Engine oil

naughtyedger 9 Oct 2024, 14:31

Rating 5.0

I have a baleno woth 130k mileage and I have been using shell 10w 40 and the performance and fuel avg is great

Pros: great performance, fuel average

Vehicle: Suzuki Baleno

Mileage: 130000 km

Castrol › Engine oil

DeathByJeep 2 Oct 2024, 18:29

Rating 5.0

I've been using 15w40 diesel motor oil in the AMC/Jeep flat tappet engines for nearly 20 years. Castrol makes a line called GTX Classic that's formulated for flat tappet engines as well

Pros: formulated for flat tappet engines

Shell › Engine oil

No-Detective2628 2 Oct 2024, 07:08

Rating 4.0

I use rotella 15w-40, high zinc content but my engine also has 230k miles

Pros: high zinc content

Mileage: 230000 km

Shell › Engine oil

in_the_cabbage 1 Oct 2024, 22:01

Rating 5.0

I use one oil - shell rotella. It goes in my XRL my 4.0 Jeep and my 7.3IDI diesel ????

Vehicle: Jeep

Castrol › Engine oil

TheHaterBoss 1 Oct 2024, 09:23

Rating 5.0

I use Castrol Magnatec A3/B4 10W-40 part synthetic. 3 years now and no problems.

Pros: no problems, 3 years

Shell › Engine oil

Itchy_Notice9639 23 May 2023, 19:18

Rating 3.0

Shell helix ultra for mb’s spec, change when the car asks to. I’ve not had the car since it was new, so it’s pointless to spend extra money when it won’t make it last longer

Pros: mb’s spec

Cons: pointless to spend extra